Huernia zebrina (a.k.a. Owl eyes) is one of the most beautifully flowering huernias. It has a raised, glossy, wine-red ring or 'annulus' around the mouth of the corolla tube. The corolla is patterned with wine-red zebra stripes.
Huernia insigniflora has flowers that opens one at a time in succession in summer and autumn. Flowers have liver-coloured or purple annulus, and ivory to pink lobes unmark. Stems greyish-green with smaller teeth.
Huernia hystrix subs. parvula is a distinctive subspecies with much shorter stems rarely more than 3 cm long, and smaller flowers. The flowers are cup-shaped with spiny petals, dull yellow in colour and banded with red.
Huernia saudi-arabica has bell-shaped flowers up to 40 mm wide, deep purplish-red inside with raised whitish-yellow papillae. Distribution: Asir, Sorth West of Taif, Saudi Arabia.
Huernia zebrina variegata is one of the most beautifully flowering huernias. The stems are green and yellow. The corolla is patterned with wine-red zebra stripes. Very sought after by impassioned this variety is a must in stapelias collections
Huernia concinna has pale sulphur-yellow flowers marked all over with small dark brownish-crimson spots. It is a rare species known for a long time only from the type collection; It has not been found again despite considerable collecting activity.
Huernia zebrina, detta “occhi di gufo”, è una succulenta strisciante e compatta. Tra le più ornamentali del genere, è molto diffusa in coltivazione grazie ai suoi fiori bizzarri e affascinanti.
Pianta a crescita compatta, con fusti verdi e margini dentellati. I piccoli fiori, numerosi a forma di coppa, sono gialli con macchie o fasce marroni e compaiono alla base dei fusti, creando un contrasto ornamentale molto gradevole.
Huernia hislopii subsp. robusta assomiglia alla forma tipica, ma si distingue per fusti più robusti e fiori più grandi—fino a 5 cm di diametro! La corolla è bianca, macchiata di rosso scuro, e priva di linee concentriche alla base. RARA.
Nice hybrid between Huernia saudi-arabica and Huernia zebrina with large flowers. The corolla is decorated with burgundy and cream yellow zebra-stripes.
